The next moment.
Just like last time, four identical goblin icons suddenly distorted and blurred, and then, three icons suddenly disappeared.
The goblin icon in the first square transformed into a robust goblin wearing a leather armor shoulder guard.
Raine acquired a second 'Goblin Warrior' icon.
At this moment, Raine did not stop and instead dragged the first 'Goblin Warrior' icon from the sixteen-grid backpack into the blank space again.
As he pressed the first Goblin Warrior icon, the surrounding vision became much clearer and his muscles tightened once more.
But with a slightly apprehensive heart, Raine pressed the second Goblin Warrior icon.
As the second square was pressed, a system prompt appeared:
[Unable to bless with two identical bloodlines of the same level, unable to fuse bloodlines twice.]
"Unable to fuse twice?"
"Is it really impossible?"
Raine felt slightly disappointed.
But this was already in his expectations.
If fusion was possible, he would become invincible.
He only needed to keep hunting ordinary goblins, combining four ordinary goblins to fuse into one Goblin Warrior.
Then it was easy to calculate that with sixteen ordinary goblins, he could fuse four Goblin Warriors and further fuse into a goblin one level stronger than a Goblin Warrior.
Although he still did not know what to call that level of goblin, the name was not important.
By reasoning in this way, he would inevitably transform into a Goblin Slayer, eventually fusing into a Goblin Chief or a King of Goblins bloodline to bless himself.
"It seems shortcuts are not an option."
"I still have to rely on myself to systematically defeat monsters and slowly collect and bless with stronger monster bloodlines."
"But being able to fuse four into one is already very powerful."
"Like this time, I hadn't even killed a Goblin Warrior but already possessed the Goblin Warrior bloodline."
"In other words, as long as I kill four of any level of monster, I can fuse and bless with the bloodline of the next level of monster."
"Wait! There's another idea, which is to kill somewhat stronger monsters to directly collect the bloodline of that strong monster."
"This is also an idea; however, to kill strong monsters, on one hand, my own strength must be slightly enhanced, and on the other hand, it requires teamwork."
"Just like the Adventurer Squad earlier..."
While Raine was pondering, the group also returned to Oak Village.
Seeing the two rescued young girls, the entire village burst into cheers and warmly thanked the four adventurers.
"Village Chief Kael, we won't be staying tonight. I need to return to Mill Town immediately to find a physician to treat my arm," Thor lifted his bandaged right arm, indicating still some weakness.
"Well, alright, thank you once again for your help," Village Chief Kael said with a chest salute.
At this moment, the female archer Nia, who was walking at the back of the adventurer team, suddenly turned around, looked at Raine and said:
"Raine, we are an adventurer squad from Dorne City, if you ever want to become an adventurer, you can find me in Dorne City."
"Uh... okay, thank you, Lady Nia," Raine, who didn't expect Nia to value him so much, immediately expressed his gratitude, slightly stunned.
Hearing Nia's words, it didn't affect Thor, but the man with the great sword and the man with dual darts were clearly a bit surprised.
Especially the man with dual darts, his eyes flashed twice, seeming somewhat ashamed.
Originally, he didn't harbor any dislike for the brave farmer Raine, but the problem was, during the recent battle with the Mutated Goblin, he hesitated and shrunk back.
In such a context, compared to the brave farmer Raine, he appeared particularly cowardly.
This somewhat stung him internally.
"Let's go, Nia." The man with dual darts glanced at Raine and impatiently said to Nia.
After the adventurers departed, the families of the two young girls also expressed their sincere gratitude to Raine.
Seeing the joy and gratitude on the faces of Rose and Loli's families, Raine also felt ripples in his heart.
In his previous life, Raine's parents had sacrificed themselves for a righteous cause early on, and he was raised with the help of his grandparents, receiving much help from kind neighbors.
Although with the changes in society later, people became hesitant to help old people on the street, Raine believed that whenever possible, he should offer assistance.
Only, it must come with a prefix—provided he would not be falsely accused.
His original self in this world was an orphan, adopted by Old Henry from Oak Village since he was a baby.
Old Henry was a kindly, honest, and good-hearted elderly man from Oak Village who had taken the original Raine under his care, once attempting to find Raine's parents.
But since all Raine had was a piece of metal pendant round his neck with no other clues, and Henry's limited ability due to a leg injury, the matter gradually fell by the wayside.
Old Henry passed away due to illness six months ago, still speaking of his wish to help Raine find his parents.
Similarly, the growth of the original Raine received much help from enthusiastic villagers in Oak Village.
So, with almost identical experiences in both his past and present lives, when it comes to village matters, Raine would surely assist whenever possible.
Once everything in the village was settled.
Raine immediately returned to his home—a two-story wooden house with a slanted roof.
This house was also left to him after Old Henry passed away.
Now, only Raine was left at home.
Back at home, Raine did not hurry to wash up, but instead immediately shut the door and lit the oil lamp on the table.
A look of surprise and excitement emerged on Raine's face as he impatiently prepared to try blessing with a new bloodline—the Mutated Goblin Bloodline.
At this moment, his heartbeat quickened, and his palms were slightly sweaty.
Dragging the Mutated Goblin icon wearing a linen coat from the sixteen-grid backpack into the second empty square on top of the four boxes, Raine then pressed the Mutated Goblin icon.
As the Mutated Goblin icon lit up!
Suddenly, Raine felt a complex three-dimensional pattern appear in his mind, instinctively understanding how to cast the spells exhibited by the previous Mutated Goblin.
"Sure enough, that adventurer was right."
"It's truly a Zero Level Spell, Freezing Ray!"
However, when Raine's gaze turned back to the system panel, he was slightly startled.
Because below the Mutated Goblin icon, a separate icon appeared, depicting a pale blue ray shooting diagonally towards the sky.
The system panel had also changed slightly.
[Name: Raine]
[Class: Farmer]
[Blessed Bloodline: Goblin Warrior Bloodline ×1, Cold-Enhanced Goblin Bloodline ×1,]
[Bloodline Talent: High-speed Reproduction Level 3...Strong Level 1....Low Light Vision Level 1...Frost Affinity Level 1...]
[Spell-like Abilities: Frozen Ray Level 1]
[Power: 5 (+1)]
[Agility: 5 (+1)]
[Constitution: 5]
[Intelligence: 7]
"So that's how it is."
"Whether it was the previous Strong or Low Light Vision, they can be seen as passive bloodline abilities, while this Freezing Ray is an active attack ability stemming from the bloodline."
"That's why a separate skill bar appeared below those four squares."
"Which means, if I want a monster's signature ability or spell, I just need to kill it to very likely obtain it?"
"Oh... won't my future skill bar be filled with monster moves?"